Major League Baseball announced Thursday that June 2 will be officially known as “Lou Gehrig Day.” Unofficially, it also will be “Jim Hilliard Day.” Jim is one of the thousands of ...

On Wednesday, throughout Major League Baseball, that hope was embraced on the inaugural Lou Gehrig Day. Major League Baseball remembered the Yankees’ “Iron Horse” who died at age 37 of ...

How ironic. It was July 4, 1939, Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day at Yankee Stadium, a little more than two months after he played his final game, less than a month after he had learned he had ...

I wanted to thank you for reestablishing Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day on June 2, 2021. I was diagnosed with ALS May of 2020. This diagnosis rocked my world! We have all heard about other diseases ...

Assembled by Arkansas Beta chapter of Phi Delta Theta, the event brought together 175 participants and raised close to ...

My doctor told me to read about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease)—just ... My approach is simple: I take one day at a time, focus on what matters most ...

In the 1920s, Lou Gehrig, the Yankees’ "Iron Horse," played ... Said DiMaggio, "There never was a day in sports like July fourth that year at the Yankee Stadium, and I doubt there ever will ...

In the 1920s, Lou Gehrig, the Yankees’ "Iron Horse," played ... Said DiMaggio, "There never was a day in sports like July fourth that year at the Yankee Stadium, and I doubt there ever will ...

Henry Louis "Lou" Gehrig (June 19, 1903 – June 2, 1941), nicknamed "The Iron Horse" for his durability, was an American Major League Baseball first baseman. He played his entire 17-year ...